diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 43c9eb51..b0316603 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     const startListening = (cs, ep) => {
       this._startTimer();
       if (this.input.includes('speech') && !this.listenDuringPrompt) {
+               this.logger.debug("started listeting1");
         this._initSpeech(cs, ep)
           .then(() => {
             this._startTranscribing(ep);
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
           this.logger.debug('Gather: say task completed');
           if (!this.killed) {
             if (this.listenAfterSpeech === true) {
+                     this.logger.debug("started listeting2");
               startListening(cs, ep);
             } else {
               this.notifyTaskDone();
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       else startListening(cs, ep);
 
       if (this.input.includes('speech') && this.listenDuringPrompt) {
+          this.logger.debug("started listeting3");
           await this._initSpeech(cs, ep);
           this._startTranscribing(ep);
           updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed(this.sttCredentials.speech_credential_sid)